Vanipedia 4 years online By Visnu Murti das

On the 21st of March Vanipedia celebrated its first 4 years online. During this time over 300 devotees participated in thematically mapping rla Prabhupdas teachings. And while Vaniquotes is still a work in progress, we have already attained a major achievement by creating over 13,000 categories and 72,000 pages and compiling over 1,680,000 quotes. We should not underestimate the power of collaborative service, combined with online facility, to present rla Prabhupdas teachings comprehensively. After four years of research and compiling, Vaniquotes is steadily becoming a valuable and authoritative repository of what rla Prabhupda said. Vaniquotes works like a transcendental labyrinth - not because we cant get out, but rather because we do not want to get out. We are pulled into rla Prabhupdas vani association, and we want to relish his love and expertise to purify us from our limitations and deliver us to pure devotional service. In Vaniquotes we have created many wiki page titles of verbatim statements of rla Prabhupda, and inside the pages we place the verbatim quotes. Pages contain anywhere from 1 quote up to a couple of hundred quotes, depending on the nature of the page. As every quote is linked to its original source, rla Prabhupdas statements are always directly accessible in proper context. When creating pages we link each word of the page title to indexing categories, thus creating a natural, thematic presentation. The methodology is thorough while simultaneously both simple and complex. Already we have undertaken many comprehensive research projects. Here you can experience rla Prabhupdas personality and desires revealed via 142 categories. Here you can witness rla Prabhupda communicating to his devotees via 192 categories. Here you can relish over 194 sweet expressions of rla Prabhupda. Here you can study 193 analogies given by rla Prabhupda. Here you can enjoy 71 stories told by rla Prabhupda to help teach some philosophical points. Here you can peruse more than 10,200 questions asked to rla Prabhupda, along with his edifying answers. We are now in the process of thematically organizing them for ease of access. Here you can find the 588 Bhagavad-gt verses that rla Prabhupdas cites throughout his purports, lectures, conversations and letters. By studying where and how rla Prabhupda applies these verses in his preaching, greater insight into these truths given by Lord r Ka becomes revealed to the serious student of Bhagavad-gt. Here you can see the 851 verses of the r Caitanya-caritmta that are drawn from 53 different scriptures.

Here you can observe how rla Prabhupda trained 187 of his leaders on how to execute their responsibilities. These pages cover devotees who became temple presidents, GBCs, sannyasis, personal servants, or BBT managers during rla Prabhupdas time. Here you can associate with personalities from scripture via an ever-growing list of names found within Srila Prabhupadas teachings. From the rmad-Bhgavatam we have over 500 and from the r Caitanya-caritmta over 200. Language is a substantial element of any culture giving it both character and depth. These 4000 categories are sorted by word endings, and the pages within them facilitate the reader to easily learn how rla Prabhupda used the English language to explain the eternal truths of Vedic culture and Krsna consciousness. With over 3,000 entries already created you can experience here a very interesting English and Sanskrit dictionary compiled solely from the purports, lectures, conversations and letters of rla Prabhupda. And here you can encounter our highest level of organization of the categories. From the comprehensive research that has been compiled in Vaniquotes we will now begin to write introductory and summary Vanipedia articles. Our first test article has been recently completed. It is on the teachings of Lord Buddha as seen through the teachings of rla Prabhupda. As more of these articles are written, they will assist in helping a person who is not so familiar with rla Prabhupdas teachings to become nicely acquainted with them. The first four years have been predominantly spent in developing our methodology and presentation and in training compilers. With additional support, we are ready to take Vanipedia to a whole new level by writing Vanipedia articles, opening up to multiple languages, and compiling the audio of rla Prabhupda to facilitate an even more dynamic delivery of rla Prabhupdas teachings. Any devotees who are interested in being involved to create this glorious VaniTemple in the form of Vanipedia may contact us at vaniseva@pamho.net